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I agree that it's not fair, in principle. However, we must mention that the quality of education in the U.S. implies that a non-negligible population is at leas
by thenerdfiles 13y ago
I agree that it's not fair, in principle. However, we must mention that the quality of education in the U.S. implies that a non-negligible population is at least underinformed*.
We should not ignore the historical and political context here: Democracy as implemented by the U.S., given the motivations of market capitalism, has not been working; and this discussion may very well be the result of that failure.
- potatolicious 13y agoI'm not sure how the quality of education relates. A large portion of the population is underinformed about technology, sure, but I don't think this is what we're talking about? Your original post mentioned that we must consciously add humanism to what we do, and non-technologists fear that we have lost our humanity. My point is that this fear is not unjustified, considering how so many of us (evidently, based on discussions that happen around here) look down upon non-technologists and will readily throw them to the wolves. Regardless of one's fear of technology (whether for good reason or for lack of it), the fear of technologists is IMO rational based on my own observations of people in the industry. tl;dr: From watching HN discussions, some of us are fucking scary. I fear them.
- thenerdfiles 13y agoQFT: some of us are fucking scary. What are stereotypes ?